Beijing-Sana
China confirmed that the human rights situation in the United States of America in recent years, especially last year, is bad and deteriorating.
"The statements of the American politicians revealed their hypocrisy by adopting double standards on human rights issues and using them to maintain hegemony," the Chinese news agency Xinhua quoted a report of the State Council's media office entitled "Record of Human Rights Violations in the United States for 2019".
The report pointed out that the United States of America, which turns a blind eye to ongoing, systematic and widespread violations of human rights, issues annual reports to distort and underestimate human rights in countries and regions that do not correspond to its strategic interests.
The report pointed out that the failure to control the carrying of weapons in the United States led to the spread of armed violence, which constitutes a serious threat to the lives of citizens and the safety of property therein, stressing that Washington has the worst record in the field of violence resulting from possession of weapons.
The report pointed out that the elections have become a game of money for the wealthy in the United States, where spending on congressional elections during 2018 exceeded $ 5.7 billion, making the electoral battle for control of the House and Senate the most expensive half-term elections ever.
The report also indicated that the United States is currently the only developed country that includes millions of hungry people, in addition to the many crimes caused by racial hatred in it. Economy, culture and social life. ”
Last December, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying expressed "shock and deep concern" about human rights violations in the United States and some European Union countries. Especially the vulnerable ones. ”
